Last week I hit a wall... Burn out... Such a horrible feeling. It was so bad that I went to see my Doc and he prescribed me with something to slow my heart rate down (stop the fight or flight response), some Valium and something to stop nausea (I was literally dry reaching).
I am upset with myself, because it is my fault. Over working myself and putting myself under too much pressure and unrealistic expectations on myself. Being self employed can be hard...
My personality has always leaned towards being uptight and on edge and this seems to show up with elevated blood pressure. The elevated blood pressure is not enough for the Doc to be too concerned about, but I need to learn or get something to chill out.
Last night I visited the Doc again and he gave me a script for Zoloft. He was pretty upfront with the possible side effects and that caused me to stop, before I started taking the pharmaceutical drug. I had a quick look at some of Dr Peat's research on this and it seems he is against it. Interestingly, the Doc last night told me about another option to Zoloft and it seemed to have next to no side effects, but it was like $60 a month and I cannot even remember what it was called.
So my question is... What do I do? I have to get myself sorted out and fix this, otherwise quality of life will be less than good. I have taken Ashwaganda for a while, but I don't know if I am taking enough? I have taken St John's Wort in the past also and have commenced taking it again this week.
Family members have always remarked at how uptight I am. They are right... I desperately want to fix this and change my life for the better.
Currently I have taken immediate steps to back off on work, ensure that I am in bed by 10pm and am also taking a 25min nap at lunch each day. I am also trying to take small steps at the moment and try to not think too much into the future...
If anyone can give me some advice on this, it would be tremendously appreciated. Thanks!
I am upset with myself, because it is my fault. Over working myself and putting myself under too much pressure and unrealistic expectations on myself. Being self employed can be hard...
My personality has always leaned towards being uptight and on edge and this seems to show up with elevated blood pressure. The elevated blood pressure is not enough for the Doc to be too concerned about, but I need to learn or get something to chill out.
Last night I visited the Doc again and he gave me a script for Zoloft. He was pretty upfront with the possible side effects and that caused me to stop, before I started taking the pharmaceutical drug. I had a quick look at some of Dr Peat's research on this and it seems he is against it. Interestingly, the Doc last night told me about another option to Zoloft and it seemed to have next to no side effects, but it was like $60 a month and I cannot even remember what it was called.
So my question is... What do I do? I have to get myself sorted out and fix this, otherwise quality of life will be less than good. I have taken Ashwaganda for a while, but I don't know if I am taking enough? I have taken St John's Wort in the past also and have commenced taking it again this week.
Family members have always remarked at how uptight I am. They are right... I desperately want to fix this and change my life for the better.
Currently I have taken immediate steps to back off on work, ensure that I am in bed by 10pm and am also taking a 25min nap at lunch each day. I am also trying to take small steps at the moment and try to not think too much into the future...
If anyone can give me some advice on this, it would be tremendously appreciated. Thanks!